Last season, Furcal was an All-Star. Last season, Uribe had a career year in leading the Giants to their unexpected World Series title.

This season, Furcal has missed 68 of the Dodgers' 95 games and has struggled to find anything close to a rhythm. This season, Uribe is threatening to become Ned Colletti's biggest free-agent bust since Andruw Jones.

Furcal is in the last year of his contract and has prospect Dee Gordon waiting in the wings. The Dodgers have a $12-million option on him for next season they won't touch.

Uribe is a different problem, signed for two more years. A three-year deal for Uribe was trouble from the outset, but the problem was that there were precious few free-agent power options on the market and that drove his price up.

Jamey Carroll and Aaron Miles have performed well in the infield without power, but Uribe is running out of time for this season if the Dodgers are even going to entertain the thought of a miraculous comeback.